HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!

2010! wow! That looks strange lol.
Me.... yes... in my "50's" photo... and ....seeing that year!
Shouldn't we all be walking around in space suits and driving hover crafts???
A new decade. What will it bring? The new year is always so full of hope and promise laying before us.

I don't make resolutions. I never keep them.
Like most people, I do hope for all the obvious things.
World peace, health, blessings.
I never wished for money. Not that I can't use it.
I guess I'm just used to getting by, and being content,
But if money would like to come my way, I'll be happy to
accept!

New Year's day in Brunswick, Ohio. Brought snow... LOTS
of Snow. "Lake-effect"... a really dreaded work in these parts. It's a rare occurrence, limited to just a handful of places on the globe. Winds sweep off the lake, picking up moisture, turning it into Snow, then DUMPING it!

That's a pretty vague example, but you get the idea. They call it the "Lake Erie Snow Machine" We pray for the lake to freeze over, making the "Snow Machine" not work quite as well.

Nothing like starting the New Year with a lesson in Meteorology!

Okay.. so. I'm making Pork & Sauerkraut.. (look, I finally learned out to spell it correctly!)
They say it's good luck to Eat Pork on New years day. I learned from Facebook today, that "they" say, it's because Pigs are the only animals that "move forward" while eating... thus the "luck" that we will also "move forward" in the New Year.
I probably mentioned this last New Year's day, but my sister Rita, make theeee BEST Pork & Sauerkraut... yes.. the BEST! Ahhh.. it's amazing. She has it every New Year's Day, and invites everyone over. I didn't think I even liked it, till I had hers. Unfortunately, the weather is keeping me away, so I'll have to make do with my own.

My mom, who's family was from Alabama, always made Black Eyed Peas for New Years. It also gave you "good Luck"...... I didn't like the gritty texture, but she always insisted we have atleast one spoonful! lol. Come to think of it, she must have switched off years, because it was her Pork & Sauerkraut recipe that Rita uses now.

I ended the old year, and brought in the new, drawing and watching Dick Clark.
Best friend Gloria was going to come over, but the weather kept her away.

So it was just me. At midnight I waited for each of my kids to call.. ( our little midnight tradition).. and I could begin the New Year!
I finished cleaning the art room and actually attempted to sort allllllllllll my scrapbook papers & pieces. they're everywhere! In baggies, and boxes and totes and bins. That's just the paper! Then there's all the images I've printed, cut and TRIED to organize. All the embellishments.... bits and pieces.... Do I save them?.. or throw them out?..... ugh. All I know is this "trend" better be around for at least another 10 years, because that's how long it's gonna take me to organize and use it all!

I'm enjoying the aroma in my house and watching the "Twilight Zone" Marathon, on the Sci-Fi channel. I can't believe how many I've never seen before! Rod Serling had quite an imagination!

I had to work yesterday....but got out at 1:15!...it was just a little "hiccup" in my 11 day vacation.
I have been off since Christmas eve!.... and the time has gone oh so fast! So.......
I will spend the rest of the evening and weekend... hopefully.......doing art.
and maybe actually posting some new items for sale on ETSY!
Well... that's it. My exciting New Year's day.
I'm off to eat some Pork & Sauerkraut!
I can used all the good luck I can get!

I look forward to a new year... new ART...
your always welcomed visits... and SPRING!

I sincerely hope you all have a blessed, safe, healthy New Year!....and a prosperous one too!